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A review by tmdavis
Street of the Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters
4.0
This book was way better than the first in the series. In this book, Vicky meets John Smythe (pronounced Smith), a jewel thief, who becomes a running character throughout the series.
I read one of this series years and years ago (I have no idea which one it was) but I remember the book having an element of mystery and romance to it (but way more focused on mystery). When I read the first book, it did not even remotely feel like what I remembered because John was not a character in that book at all. I kept thinking that she had a romantic interest and that it wasn't with the guy who was interested in her in the first book--but I couldn't put a name to the character. Come to find out, he wasn't in the book at all.
However, John Smythe is introduced in this book and he provides romance and comedy to the mystery. Vicky Bliss goes to Rome to discover who made a close to perfect reproduction of a piece of jewelry her museum owns (so close you might not be able to tell the difference between the real and the fake) found sewn into the pocket of a dead man.
An easy, fun, and light read, and interesting as it was written in 1978 so some of the references were a little outdated but that just added to its charm for me.
Will definitely read another in this series.
I read one of this series years and years ago (I have no idea which one it was) but I remember the book having an element of mystery and romance to it (but way more focused on mystery). When I read the first book, it did not even remotely feel like what I remembered because John was not a character in that book at all. I kept thinking that she had a romantic interest and that it wasn't with the guy who was interested in her in the first book--but I couldn't put a name to the character. Come to find out, he wasn't in the book at all.
However, John Smythe is introduced in this book and he provides romance and comedy to the mystery. Vicky Bliss goes to Rome to discover who made a close to perfect reproduction of a piece of jewelry her museum owns (so close you might not be able to tell the difference between the real and the fake) found sewn into the pocket of a dead man.
An easy, fun, and light read, and interesting as it was written in 1978 so some of the references were a little outdated but that just added to its charm for me.
Will definitely read another in this series.